Founded in 1998 when a group of African American women began to meet monthly to discuss a "book of the month", share ideas, exchange stories and form a sisterhood of book lovers!
Most of us have been avid readers all of our lives but for most of our lives there was very little African American authored literature to choose from. So we read James Paterson, Dean Koontz, and others. Though we still read works by a variety of authors, we are also very pleased to be able to read wonderful stories by and about people of color. Not only have we enjoyed reading the works of established authors, like Pearl Cleage, but also to read and support newcomers such as Trice Hickman and Dr. Daniel Black.
Currently, membership is closed however, visitors are welcome during the year. We invite your interest and are willing to mentor new book clubs. Our motto "Real Divas Read"!
We hope that you will attend our annual celebration that began in 2008 when celebrated our 10th Anniversary. Our keynote speakers have been diverse and absolutely wonderful - Mary Monroe, Deberry & Grant, Daniel Black, Bernice McFadden and Pamela Samuels-Young. Our audience continues to grow - we have truly been blesed - and we are still excited that this event has allowed us to meet so many talented authors.
For more information, please contact us at thereadingdivas12@yahoo.com.
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